Improving the accuracy of specimen labeling

B Dock - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, 2005 - clsjournal.ascls.org
METHOD In April 2003, a multidisciplinary team from Children's Hospitals and Clinics of
Minnesota performed a Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). 4 The team was …

The case for laboratory developed procedures: quality and positive impact on patient care

KL Kaul, LM Sabatini, GJ Tsongalis… - Academic …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
An explosion of knowledge and technology is revolutionizing medicine and patient care.
Novel testing must be brought to the clinic with safety and accuracy, but also in a timely and …

Development and implementation of a standard format for clinical laboratory test results

RG Hauser, DB Quine, M Iscoe… - American Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Surprisingly, laboratory results, the principal output of clinical laboratories, are
not standardized. Thus, laboratories frequently report results with identical meaning in …

Quality control of test systems waived by the clinical laboratory improvement amendments of 1988: perceptions and practices

KM LaBeau, M Simon… - Archives of pathology & …, 2000 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context.—Recent advances in laboratory testing technology have resulted in a rapidly
increasing number of test systems targeted for physician office, point-of-care, and home …

Patient safety in the clinical laboratory: a longitudinal analysis of specimen identification errors

EA Wagar, L Tamashiro, B Yasin… - … of pathology & …, 2006 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context.—Patient safety is an increasingly visible and important mission for clinical
laboratories. Attention to improving processes related to patient identification and specimen …

Optimized delta check rules for detecting misidentified specimens in children

RZ Tan, C Markus, KW Choy… - American Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Preanalytical processes in pediatric patients are generally manual and
associated with a higher risk of error. The optimized delta check rules for detecting …

Preparing for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and College of American Pathologists (CAP) Inspections

SM Zneimer, D Hongo - Current Protocols, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Clinical laboratories have many regulations to follow, requiring complete adherence to
specific standards and regulations in order to be granted accreditation. As part of the …

Practice patterns of testing waived under the clinical laboratory improvement amendments

SJ Steindel, S Granade, J Lee… - … of pathology & …, 2002 - meridian.allenpress.com
Objectives.—To determine operational practices in laboratories operating under a Certificate
of Wavier (waived laboratories), or equivalent, under the Clinical Laboratory Improvements …

Laboratory stewardship perceptions and testing patterns at a pediatric tertiary care center

TS Desai, K Tang, V Kaul, IM Blasutig… - Laboratory …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Despite stewardship efforts, laboratory testing overuse persists across
medicine. Objectives To understand laboratory stewardship perceptions and testing patterns …

Causes of unsatisfactory performance in proficiency testing

RW Jenny, KY Jackson-Tarentino - Clinical chemistry, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Background: Proficiency testing (PT) provides a measure of the effectiveness of laboratory
quality assurance programs. Test reports are released from processes that the laboratory …